Biker dies in Colonie crash

Updated 10:33 pm, Sunday, August 7, 2011

COLONIE -- An unidentified 20-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car late Sunday afternoon.

Police said the biker, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead near the intersection of New Karner Road and Wembley Court shortly after 5:35 p.m.

Investigators said Jane Murray, 51 of Albany, was turning left into 431 New Karner Road when the biker collided with her car. She was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital with back and abdominal pain as well as cuts to her arm.

The incident is still under investigation, but Colonie Police said the biker was wearing a helmet and "witnesses state he was traveling at a high rate of speed just prior to the crash."

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Murray was wearing a seatbelt. The impact was enough to deploy airbags on her car.

Police and the Midway Fire Department closed New Karner Road for over three hours while responding to the crash.